+Copper Oracle+: Relics. The C'thu

Sunday, 19 November 2017

Relics. The C'thu

'From the depths of the deepest, darkest swamps of Relicia, the Cult of C’thu emerges. Its origins seeped in betrayal of the most heinous kind.

Lord C’thu commands his minions from the shadows, whispering his unholy wishes into the eager ears of his chosen avatars. One of these devotees has surpassed all others in his pursuit of power and has assumed the mantle of leader and with it the authority to conduct the affairs of the cult on behalf of his malevolent master, he his known as Xavius Prime and from the glades of the Krakenshearth he plots to bring a terrible plague of madness upon all of Relicia'

Between building more Orcnar Terrain and putting together the next batch of Orcnar troops ( and adding all the GS stone collars and bracelets) I have been able to get one of the guys at my gaming Club hooked and has started collecting the Ridend. Discussing next factions he has settled on the Vaettir so I narrowed it down to the Nuem or C'thu. Both factions have huge appeal for me but as I managed to stock up a quite a hoard of the C'thu when they were launched on Kickstarter and there have not been that many painted armies show up on the Net they won out.

The first figures i decided on are the C'tharacs. I picked up two of these in the kickstarter and are single pieces of resin about 50mm long and 20mm wide and stand on 40mm bases. When they were released they were shown unpainted and instead used Cthulhu Mythos images to find a direction for their look. In the end it was the Primordial beasts, the Ogdru Jahad from Hellboy that gave me a start for the tentacles

while for the headdress, i drew from images of Indian and Thai headdresses and old gold from sunken treasure. I had a vision of the C'tharacs slowly emerging from the sea, though listening to 'The Shadow over Innsmouth' while i was painting might have had something to do with it!

Cork and stone bases.

With the base colours done. The brown works well as a base for the gold

Once i started on the C'tharac's getting the infants became a must and I ordered two units. These are cast in one piece metal and stand about 30mm.

Aging on the finished crowns, built upon using several inks.

The eyes were painted as if they were glowing, which is not something I usually do and am a still bit undecided. I might go back later and redo them if I can face doing all those eyes again!